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Gas Shortage Intensifies in Mexico

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How Sharks Have Paid the Price for Demand for Shark Fin Soup

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about sharks. We tell how demand for shark fin soup has led to the killing of millions of these cre

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on -- and even off -- the Gulf coast. An island shaped like a palm tree was built for hotels, homes and entertainment. In October of last ye

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VOA常速英语2008年-Israel to Redistribute Gas Masks Amid Fears of

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Greek FinMin receives bullet in envelope

ATHENS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras received a bullet in the post, Greek media reported on Monday. Stournaras' aides alerted security forces, when they opened the envelope at his office and discovered the enclosed bull

German FinMin urges Greek opposition to back reforms

BERLIN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Monday urged visiting Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras to support austerity measures and economic reforms. Schaeuble told Tsipras, a critic of the German-backed auster

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